Are you balance challenged in tango? Does your lead need more stability? Would you like to have more elegant adornos? Do you want to have a leg that’s more free to do boleos, sacadas, and other “loose leg” moves? Would more flexibility help your lead or follow?
Yoga can benefit your tango body!
If you are hyperflexible person like me, yoga can help you identify where you need to work your muscles to create stability for better balance and strength. If you are less flexible, yoga can help balance and strength AND train your body to be more flexible.
Yoga does not require crazy stances and fancy workout gear. It is easier to learn than tango. Yoga helps you learn about your body and how it needs to move, and you can apply that to your tango for a better dance. Why not give yoga a try right now?
My group yoga classes are currently in-person only. I do teach online yoga for individuals if you are interested in that alternative.
Forms of yoga
Mat-based yoga
Traditional yoga is done on a mat, with a fair amount of getting down to the mat and getting back up. I use props in my mat yoga to help people achieve safe, correct poses that help their bodies. Props aren’t cheating: they facilitate doing good yoga.
There are many forms of mat yoga. I teach hatha style classes with some flow (slower than power yoga) where you can focus on each pose and find your body, so that you work carefully and healthily. I modify poses for people who need to build up to a pose; there are always choices you can make for ALL poses to tailor them to what you need.
My mat-based class members always welcome anyone new to class! We hold class at 12:30 on Wednesdays and Fridays at my home studio. You are welcome to come a bit early to set up your gear (I have gear, but you are welcome to please bring your own mat if you have one). Come try it! You can sign up here. Please do not drop in without signing up.
Chair-based yoga
If you are new to yoga, you might consider trying chair yoga first. It helps you learn yoga basics in a small group setting and build up to mat yoga if that is what you would like to do.
Chair yoga does NOT mean you sit in a chair the entire time (except for classes aimed at populations who cannot get out of a chair). I teach chair yoga to work on balance and flexibility that does not require spending time getting to and from the floor. Poses are done seated or standing, and each person chooses which modification works best for them, with input from the teacher.
I build my chair yoga class based on who is attending. Do you have a bad knee? A torn rotator cuff? Arthritis? A body that is just not doing what you would like it to do?
My chair-based/beginner yoga class happens on Fridays at 11:15 for one hour. You can sign up here! We are a small class now, and all tango dancers!! You are free to come at 11 am to get ready, ask questions, and set up your gear (I have all the gear, believe me!). Please do not drop in without signing up.